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Old Thu Jun 17, 2010, 11:11am
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HS State Tournament 3 weeks ago. First game of the tourney, I'm PU. F1 outside the 24". Ding. Coach gives the typical "no one ever calls that" line. Even heard a fan yell "80 varsity games, never called"... blah blah. Coach doesn't like my explination, goes to find the UIC. UIC stands behind the backstop and is pretty shocked at what he sees. He allows the coach to stand there with him for a few minutes. Never heard another word from the coach after she saw what I was calling. Called around 15 IP's on her, and probably could have called more.
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Old Thu Jun 17, 2010, 11:20am
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HS State Tournament 3 weeks ago. First game of the tourney, I'm PU. F1 outside the 24". Ding. Coach gives the typical "no one ever calls that" line. Even heard a fan yell "80 varsity games, never called"... blah blah. Coach doesn't like my explination, goes to find the UIC. UIC stands behind the backstop and is pretty shocked at what he sees. He allows the coach to stand there with him for a few minutes. Never heard another word from the coach after she saw what I was calling. Called around 15 IP's on her, and probably could have called more.
Glad that worked out for you, but it isn't something the UIC should have done.
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Old Tue Jun 22, 2010, 02:52pm
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Glad that worked out for you, but it isn't something the UIC should have done.
Don't understand something from original quote....HS tournament.....UIC....Was this a HS tournament thru a State Athletic Association or a travel tournament with HS age teams......Just couriuos. The reason I ask is that in Indiana we don't have UIC's for HS tournaments. We are contracted directly by the schools as individual umpires. Just wondering.

But I do ask IM why should not the UIC show the coach what is being called if indeed it is correct. I have UIC'd tournaments before and have heard complaints....quietly checked out the IP calls or calls in other instances and found my umpires to be correct. NOW....I have found umpires to be incorrect also, and that obvioulsy changes the approach. But if found to be true and you can quietly show the coach the problem and maybe get it corrected as the game or tournament continues.....Why not
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Old Tue Jun 22, 2010, 06:49pm
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But I do ask IM why should not the UIC show the coach what is being called if indeed it is correct.
And what happens if the pitcher does not repeat the infraction? What is the UIC going to show the coach? Meanwhile, it is possible the UIC has unwittingly shown up the umpire and given the coach that much more to whine about.

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I have UIC'd tournaments before and have heard complaints....quietly checked out the IP calls or calls in other instances and found my umpires to be correct.
Quietly is one thing. This UIC openly stood behind the backstop WITH the coach in front of already excited fans. I constantly move around. I will sit for a while, get up walk around to different fields, watch from centerfield, watch from across the parking lot, watch from wherever my feet take me. Then I'll sit down for a while until I get up and do it all over again. I do not approach loud fields

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NOW....I have found umpires to be incorrect also, and that obvioulsy changes the approach. But if found to be true and you can quietly show the coach the problem and maybe get it corrected as the game or tournament continues.....Why not
Again, quietly and inconspicuous is one thing. This coach went off, tracked down the UIC. The coach wanted to whine and expected to embarrass the umpire in front the UIC. The coach was told why the pitcher was called illegal, what more can the UIC, who apparently wasn't in the vicinity, going to tell him?

Nah, if the coach comes for me, I'm probably going to ask him why he is out fo the team area during the game Then I would tell him/her that I will take a look, but at my leisure and I'm not going to instruct the umpire to not call a violation if s/he sees it.
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